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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Read more about the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gentians of the eastern United States (Drake, 2011)
Gentiana austromontana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa FAMILY Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian
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September Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Usually deeper more intense blue-violet than the similar G. clausa & G. decora, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gentians of the eastern United States (Drake, 2011)
Gentiana austromontana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora
3484
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mountain forests and grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations, but descending to ca. 600 m (2200 feet), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p078
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p221
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